Viewing Single Post From: Whats Wrong with International Institutions?

Viewing Single Post From: Whats Wrong with International Institutions?
William Rea	Feb 22 2008, 12:16 PM
Posts: 319 Group: Members Member #149 Joined: 01/20/08	arbor Feb 21 2008, 05:57 PM Whats wrong with the UN? The International War Crimes Court? The European Union? For the last 4,000 years, the world has seen conflict and bloodshed, mostly based on divisions of nationality, ethnicity, and religion. A divided world has been a world on FIRE and dripping with BLOOD. So, some folks have thought, maybe a more unified world might prevent the horrible mistakes of the past. Maybe international instutions like the UN and the War Crimes Court might help prevent wars and let conflicts be dealt with by conversing and not killing. Whats so wrong with that? Has the other option worked any better? I dont see how a more divided planet is any better then a more united world. Where do I start with such a complex question? The UN, like any other organisation, is only as strong as the membership wants it to be. Most member states talk eloquently about grand aspirations but in practice the vast majority of their diplomatic effort at the UN goes into skewing and curtailing policy to suit their own national purposes. The veto held by the founding countries in the Security Council is a major problem, as is the make up of the Security Council itself. Until the veto is taken from the cold dead hands of the major powers the UN will remain impotent. Currently it only acts when an issue becomes so important to the national interest of the most powerful groups that they are prepared to offer substantial rewards for co-operation. Edited by William Rea, Feb 22 2008, 12:17 PM.
Posts: 319 Group: Members Member #149 Joined: 01/20/08

Whats Wrong with International Institutions? · Skeptics